Ranking the top 5 Star Wars villains, films or otherwise

1. Grand Admiral Thrawn



The greatest military commander to ever live, Thrawn almost succeeded in doing what The Emperor and Vader could not: defeat the rebellion forever. Thrawn didn't need the dark side or superweapons, just superior tactics and strategy. Im the wake of the Empire's collapse, Thrawn took control of the imperial remnant and pushed the rebellion to the brink of destruction.

If it werent for his betrayal at the hands of his own bodyguard, its almost certain he would have defeated the jedi and the rebellion.

2. Darth Vader



Needs no explanation.

3. Darth Vitiate



Darth Vitiate is easily the most powerful sith of all time. Creator of the secret to undying life, Vitiate was an immortal who lived for tens of thousands of years and was the 1st true emperor. Vitiate could possess a persons body and influence you to agree with him across millions of light years of space.

Defeated both Revan and The Exile in combat and launched the most successful sith invasion of the galaxy in history. Vitiate was also never betrayed by the sith because they saw him as a living God.

4. Sheev Palpatine



Sidious was actually more powerful than he was depicted as in the movies. He was capable of creating massive force storms that could destroy entire planets and escaped death through his clones that he transferred his consciousness to. Sidious idolized Darth Vitiate and Plageious but lacked their power and could learn the secret to true immortality and thats the only reason hes ranked this low.

5. Abeloth



The only true God in the star wars universe, Abeloth is the oldest and most powerful being to ever live. Capable of creating dimensions of existence on the fly and creating matter from nothing, Abeloth was effectively unkillable and slaughtered both the Jedi and Sith with ease when she returned from her prison in The Maw (seen in Solo).

Abeloth doesnt want to destroy the world, rather obssessed with being reuninted with her ancient family whom she believes embodies the avatars of the light and dark side of the force.